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Crook County Journal. PlBlWHKD EVKHT THCHKIUT Bt TH JOl'KKAL ITHMSHIXU COMPANY W. T. FoflU, KniTtvR Codktv Official rirsn. I he Joi'RKAL is entered at thf pAttofticthe Printiille, Orep., for trannMiistninn throujththe V. S. fHAils m Hotmd cla matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oni Yuh. Nx Months Three Mouths. . ..tl.Ni . ..if' THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1903. Sunday morning the editor of this family periodical had tho pleasure of eating a steak from the pi no cow that was killed by Foster and Leh man last week. To say that the steak was good would be Hitting it mildly to sav the least. It was the finest that wa have eaten in this country from a butcher shop, and that is saying ft good deal when it is known that our city shops furnish some of the finest steaks obtainable. This cow was raised by J. H.Gray secretary of the Crook County Cat tie Growers Association, and was sold by him to Foster & Lehman last fall for J100. after she had taken the priie at the county fair. Mr. Gray deserves great credit for the ef forts he has made in the line of im provement of the breeds of cattle in this section of the state. He has been identified with the movement for bet ter breeds of cattle since its first in ception in this county and is now at the front of every movement along that line. If Hereford grades can be sold as beef cattle for $100 is there not money in the business of raising them? Even at a less price there kteers. In other words, the droves would seem to be a goodly profit in the business over that of the ordinary range animal. This cow was a grade Hereford the same as many others in Mr. Gray's herd, and was no better thi-n can be produced by any one in the cattle business in this county. By all means let us have more high grade cattle and a less number of scrubs that require fully as much care and feed, if not more, than the best. We can thus reduce our number o cattle and give more runge for those that are raised and have more money out of the business in the long run than at present and with less labor to to the breeder. THE IIUKTIKM'S AXM'AL. Ellthuslaaflc .Heeling Tuesday Evening. Every city has its object of local pride. With some it is their business houses, with others their churches, while with others it is their schools Prineville has all these in a creditable way, and still another object of loci-1 pride, upon which the fir6t named are largely dependent. It is her volunteer fire organization, companies Xo.'s One and Two, and they are com posed of as gallant a lot of men as ever fought the fire demon. It has been their rule in years past to have a special feature of entertainment and jollification at their January meeting and last Tuesday evening they fairly outdid all previous oc casions. A 'dozen of Prineville's .most stalwart sons presented them selves for initiation on this even ing and the way they were put through wasn't slow. The writer had the privilege of witnessing the work, but was sworn to secrecy and for this reas on cannot be as explicit in our des cription as we would like. How ever, we will make mention of a few incidents, trusting that it will not be held against us, when we go through the same trvintr ordeal i' we ever do. The candidates were Messrs. Bailey, Holder, Pancake, Arnold, Whitsett, Gray, Sharp, Smith, Rideout, Giles, and Price. Some are especially worthy of mention. Perhaps the oldest of the new members was William Holder who went through the ordeal in a knightly manner, While rid ing the goat in its various evulti- mystio shrine and received the password. Had it been pronounced to Bill a trifle louder, he would now have been the sole member of it solar exploring party. As it is he is said to be better and is resting easy, and bis sieedy re covery U prophesied. The initia tions following were of about the same character, except that of the last victim, who happened to be Roy Price. Roy had absent mind edly called upon his girl, and nat urally reported late. For this he received two side degrees, and though he did not say, wo believe that on this occasion, at least, he wished her far away. After the initiation supper was served by Fireman McDowell, of the Hotel Prineville, which was followed by cigars, the present of Fireman Michel. The success of the initiations was largely due to the untiring efforts of the committee o n arrangements which was composed of Firemen 0. E. McDowell, W. F. King and George Summers. May companies Xo.'s One and Two have many such meetings and add many such members. They certainly would add strength and efficiency to any organization. specteil the structure Saturday morning and pronounced tho ar rangement safe, at least as far as Miller' residence is concerned. Accordingly business was resumed at once, Atfer this Mr. Sargent will insist that any of his boozy patrons shall take their amuse ment with the babies. I.Ik Driven With tallle. A unique sight will be witnessed here in a few. days, says a Winne- mucea paper. Two great droves of cattle, amounting to some 1200 head, will arrive at Winneniucca from Miller & Lux's ranches at Alvord. Oregon. v What will be more intetesting will be eighteen cattle with horns that dodble discouut those of Texas! will include eighteen head of elk. There was tlfat numlier when they started, but some are . liable to be lost on the road unless the va- queros' ponies are swift, indeed. These broad-horned monarcbs of the mountains are from the John Devine Alvord ranch, which has been leased by Miller Lux. They will be taken to that firm's. private park, near Gillroy, Nevada. l.K(erl W ild Shot. Botsford & Sargent is the name of the firm which conducts a shoot ing gallery and nigger-baby nurs ery in a long tent on the unim proved lot just south of the Hotel Heid Corvallis, savs the Corvallis times Pretty much of all kinds of people go there to take a crack at the mocking bird or some other, of a dozen species of birds arranged there for the convenience of the marksmen. There are also oppor tunities for the man who can't handle a eun. For a small con sideration he has the privilege of pelting the colored juvenile family with baseballs.' The latter amuse ment is attended with less danger o residents of the vicinity, aud to the nigger babies themselves, than is occasionally the target practice. This fact was forcibly illustrated a few evenings ago when a logger whose vision was somewhat im paired by intoxication took a shot and missed the whole flock of birds. When the gun was discharged there was no familiar "spat" against the background; there was no sound of the center bell, the cuckoo's voice was still, and there was not a twitter from any one of the feathered tribe. The persons present looked at each other in wonder, and the nigger babies were drunk with astonishment. Where had the bullet gone? The prob lem was solved whon Marshal Miller appeared on the scene and announced that a shot had been fired th rough ene of the rear win dows of his residence on the oppo site side of the block. Mr. Sargent says that he did not notice at first that bis natron j was drunk, and that the gun was jaccidently discharged. However I on complaint of .Mr. Miller the . : 1 1 , , r-uuuiiug gaiierv was Closed on Naming ol La t'reula reek.' Dallas, Or. .Dec. 29 Consider able discussion had been henrd in times past as to the origin of the name "La Creole" as applied to the once most beautiful stream that flows through Dallas. Now comes an old-tinier giving (he fol lowing version of tho origin of the name. He says: "Long years ago, in trapper days, when this country was the paradise of trappers, before the rude hand of civilization had torn this country fram the bosom of dame nature, a Frenchman, with his wife and party, camied on this beautiful tin-named stream, and during their stay a child was horn. According to common usage, the child would be called a Creole. Therefore the creek was ever after known as La Creole, in honor of the birth of tho child." "La" is French for "the" prefix before tho names of streams. Many people say "The La Creole" which it incorrect, as it would be equivalent to using tho definite twice in the name. Food Law Nerd. Fixing- Profiting by past experience, the present pure food law has been al tered in many respects to close loopholes -against fraud on the part of dishonest dealers. While in convention here the delegates of the National Dairy Association complimented Oregon upon hav ing such an excellent pure food law, yet this law, although better in many respects than those of some other states, is found to be too loose to meet the demands of tho commercial interests in this state, and to protect con sumers. Under its provisions quantities of short-weight butter havo been sold, reworked, or pro cess butter has been placed upon the market, and adulterated spices sugar, coffee, vinegar and other pro ducts have been foisted upon con sumers. The law was sufficient to authorize the officials considerably to worry some of the violators, in the more aggravated cases, afford ing tho best protection possible to consumers under its provisions, hut very few convictions were se cured, owing to the double mean ing that could be placed upon cer tain sections by designing persons. This ambiguity the framers have sought to avoid in the new law by simple, direct language, which it is hoped cannot be construed to suit the desires of unscrupulous deal ers. . Jt is said that one firm alone made a small fortune during the past year in selling short-weight butter. How to provide a remedy against a repetition of such cases is puzzling the framers more than . almost any other section. The old law seems insufficient, although it' provided that every roll or package of butter must contain the requisite ! number of ounces to correspond with the the purported weight, but it will probably be somewhat, strengthened and improved, soj that dishonest dealers will have greater trouble than ever in inipos- i ing upon the public with short- j weight or adulterated foodstuffs. I Telegram. I . Too .ttueu Wine. their generosity lot sotno of their friends in on tho deal. When they ordered wino (or themselves they would also order for their neighbors, miver imagining that Undo Sam's revenue laws forbid thorn doing so without first taking out license as wholesale liquor dealers. Hut Dave Dunne, Col lector of Internal Uovenuo at Port land, got onto tho scheme some how, and one of his deputies was sent hero to inquire into tho case. What the outcome will be is un known, hut the probabilities are that the gentlemen will either have to convince tho revenue of ficers that they did not sell the wino or divy up a lino to Uncle Sam. War al llniaiaek. On Saturday tho 27 began an epoch in the history of the Hay stack country long to bo remem bered. Owing to the refusal of the county court to place a bounty on rabbit scalps our jieoplo were forced to organize themselves into a grand army to jry and extermi nate the measly long eared pests. Pursuant to a call we met at the Haystack school house and organ ized by electing tho following of ficers: W. S. Hale, president; F. C. Osliorn, secretary of war: J. H. Windom, lieutenant general; W, F, Hammer, Geo. Windom, G. Springer and W. G. Killingheck, major generals, Mesdames Peek, Read, Armstrong, Corwin and Uogers, conmii.-ary generals with instructions to look well to the commissary stores. Promptly at I) o'clock the army assembled at J. L. Windoni's and was placed under tho command of Major Generals Springer, Hammer, Kill ingheck and Windom. After a close reconnoiter of the enemy's works the order to charge was giv en and then the fun began. As fast as ono place was hunted out tho army moved to another ami this order will lie kept up until all the country has been gone over. Casualties on the side of the ene my up to date aro about 7'i0 rab bits, including several of their leading generals, and one wild cat. Several big owls and other var mints escaped. Our men have been very fortunate so far in Lav ing escaped any serious loss. The casualties being, Perry Read wounded on the neck with a nolo, Jim Kagan, bolo wound on hand and Cms Lowland struck in the mouth with a cannon ball, but all staid on the firing line and will be alright in a few days. One of the army. 8tops the Cough and Works off tho Cold. Laxative Rromo Quimn8 Tablets cure culil in ene day. Nn Cure, Nu Pay. Price, 25 cents. Khous. A full line of Ladies', Gent and Children's shoes. 8. .. k Co. I am too busy. taking stock this week to write aa ad. Watch my S and 10 cent counters next week. I. Michel tkm ADAMSON & WINNER CO. f Incorporated 1S!)9. Drugs, Stationery and House Furnishing Goods Ti OLD COURT HOUSE STABLE W. H. SMITH, Proprietor Livery, Feed end Sale Stable Special attention paid to transporting passengers to ami Horn Mtaniko, ami taking woods or elsewhere. Prineville, ing parties to the pine faT'Ieriiia reasonable. Oregon Fall and Winter Opdling knsand Womens I'ndcr Qy uuiuiii hi in idKM N. civic nnn irnflvoc " JIJ UIIU HVUTtJt W SWEATERS IN UR0AT VARIETY fA complete line of Ladles', dents' and Children' Shoes. An elegant assortment of Jewelry direct from the manufacturer jg RED FRONT BAZAAR , S A. TYE & BROS., I'mps. Reliable Merchants Our Guarantee t lie, rr,,nnrl ll.-.l 11,., 1.....: : t:ii a . ...... . ., " ""- '""" uuiib wu uii-piu veil a .-Kin wurtiiv l ,.,i,....,i of any vaquero. Though he made an especial mark by the gi (newspaper men geneially get the worst of it) never once did he ''log 'er" .but rode with consummate grace, after which this gallant kir'ght cf the pen knelt before the To overcome Hl-ii.tor m, lri.l.... extensive structure was dangerous. this objection the pro- comiilcted an at the rear of the tent similar to the backstop on a baseball field. It is U feet high and :J4 feet long, and built of two inch lumber. The authorities in- Sensation has been hitting in ihe high places in The Dalles the past few days, says the Ti.nes Mountaineer. The report has been current that two prominent citizens 01 me city nave iiecomc entangled with the internal reve-1 nue ollicers, and that no small amount of explaining will be necessary to unravel the tangle. The story is this: Two gentlemen here, who art above reproach, have been supply ing their callers for several ye.it s with a good quality of wine, pur chased direct from the wineries in Caiifornid. In short they bad struck a good thing, and through cwmm Ccpyrit-Jit By " " ' Kuh, liiihM k Piicrwr Co. CROMWELL SACK K..ep. SUIT No Man wants to uy an Ar ticle without beiiiK assured of its worth. Our choicest gar incuts bear this trade mark. We know of no better or surer guaranty of splendid tailoring skill or better style than the K. N. & 1". garments. SIMPSON G WILSON